TOKYO: The proportion of workers in Japan who have shifted to work from home in response to the new coronavirus outbreak stood at 43 percent, the lowest among 10 countries surveyed, according to a report by China’s Lenovo Group Ltd.

The average among the 10 countries was 64 percent, the survey showed.

Asked about productivity, 40 percent in Japan said they feel they are less productive at home than in the office, higher than the average of 13 percent.

The share of people in Japan who feel they are more productive at home stood at 28 percent, compared with the average of 63 percent, and that of those seeing no change came to 32 percent, against 24 percent.

Many people in Japan cited a lack of corporate investment in equipment necessary for work from home as a reason for low productivity, the report said.

The online survey was conducted on May 8-14, covering 2,000 company workers each in 10 countries, including Japan, the United States, China, Germany and India.

JIJI Press